Full Description
Desi Rap is a collection of essays from South Asian American activists, academics, and hip-hop artists that explores four main ideas: hip-hop as a means of expression of racial identity, class status, gender, sexuality, racism, and culture; the appropriation of Black racial identity by South Asian American consumers of hip-hop; the furthering of the discourse on race and ethnic identity in the United States through hip-hop; and the exploration of South Asian Americans' use of hip-hop as a form of social protest. Ultimately, this volume is about broadening our horizons through hip-hop and embracing the South Asian American community's polycultural legacy and future.
Contents
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I
Chapter 3 Chapter 1. My Hip Hop Life
Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Polyvalent Voices: Ethnic and Racialized Desi Hip Hop
Chapter 5 Chapter 3. Hip Hop Agitprop
Chapter 6 Chapter 4. B-Boys and Bass Girls: Sex, Style, and Mobility in Indian American Youth Culture
Chapter 7 Chapter 5. How Hip Hop Helped an Indian Girl Find Her Way Home
Chapter 8 Chapter 6. Making Brown Like Dat: South Asians and Hip-Hop
Chapter 9 Chapter 7. Outcaste
Part 10 Part II
Chapter 11 Chapter 8. Spoken Word
Chapter 12 Chapter 9. The Disjointed Artist
Chapter 13 Chapter 10. Beats, Rhythm, Life
Chapter 14 Chapter 11. Sounds from a Town I Love
Chapter 15 Chapter 12. Words from the Battlefront
Chapter 16 Chapter 13. An Ear to the Streets and a Vibe in the Basement
Chapter 17 Afterword
